rajajackal wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:Enzo954 wrote:
It's honestly disrespectful to Precious after what he gave us most of the year. The guy had some big games in the regular season and doesn't deserve to be treated like a g league player by Thibs. Especially when Mitch is playing like garbage.
This is the issue with Thibs:
1. He can game plan to some extent. He did prove this in Game 3 by having Brunson use his ability to draw doubles and triples to create space for his teammates. It resulted in a better distribution of touches and a more coherent offense.
2. He cannot adjust during the game. Thibs is usually woeful at in-game refinements. Not going to go into it as everyone here has discussed it ad nauseum. However, NOT playing Precious at all in this series also mitigates the positives in # 1, because it appears he has already made up his mind before the games to stick with Mitch at all costs even when he is truly awful.
There is no excuse for Thibs at this point. He's strictly an organization builder, but he is a very weak situational coach.
i've been giving thought to how this can be the case for a man with his bbiq and zeal for winning. my conclusion is that it's the other side of the coin: he invests so much in prep and study that he insists upon the gameplan no matter what the game tells him in real time. guess that's a roundabout way of concluding he is stubborn, including the "why"
Yeah, you're right. He's stubborn as a mule. That's favorable for some aspects of the game when it comes to effort, but it's a major detriment when it comes to making real-time strategic adjustments.
Thibs is like the average person who rubbernecks an accident scene. He just gawks from the sideline. Maybe 1 or 2 out of 100 people pull the guy out of a burning car and saves their life.
Thibs stands around to watch the car blow up with the passenger inside.
